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Album Update #4 ~ Bass.

Over the latter part of last week, our bassist Joe, Sarah and I gathered in my little home studio and started to lay down some low end. I…

2 min readApr 13, 2022

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Album Update #4 ~ Bass.

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Ben Lawrence

Album Update #3 ~ Drum Tracking.

Last Monday we left at the crack of dawn and drove seven hours north. Our destination, Glasgow. Luckily the roads were clear and the…

2 min readApr 13, 2022

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Album Update #3 ~ Drum Tracking.

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Ben Lawrence

Album Update #2 ~ Pre-production.

After a year of thinking about making an album and over five years of living with some of these songs, we officially pressed go…

2 min readApr 13, 2022

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Album Update #2 ~ Pre-production.

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Ben Lawrence

Album Update #1 ~ Demos.

It’s early January 2022 and I’ve just sent off the majority of completed demos to my producer Iain. It’s a breathe out moment…

2 min readJan 12, 2022

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Ben Lawrence

How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 5 ~ O Wide World.

In the weariness of a post sibling world, I had convinced myself that I could live without adventure.

5 min readNov 18, 2021

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How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 5 ~ O Wide World.

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Ben Lawrence

How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 4 ~ My Blue Kangoo.

Less than a year later, I experienced what I can only describe as a breakdown. Panic attacks, sleepless nights, moments of complete…

6 min readNov 11, 2021

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How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 4 ~ My Blue Kangoo.

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Ben Lawrence

How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 3 ~ November.

I don’t think I really appreciated the seasons when I was younger, they just happened to me.

4 min readNov 4, 2021

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How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 3 ~ November.

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Ben Lawrence

How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 2 ~ Can You Read Each Other’s Minds?

Can I be blunt here for a second? Being a twin doesn’t make you half a human.

4 min readOct 28, 2021

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How losing a brother to cancer inspired an album: My Story. Pt 2 ~ Can You Read Each Other’s Minds?

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Ben Lawrence

How Losing a Brother to Cancer Inspired an Album: My Story. Pt 1 ~ Monkey Bars.

What’s your first memory? Mine’s falling face first off a set of monkey bars, inadvertently piercing a tooth shaped hole in my lip.

3 min readOct 21, 2021

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How Losing a Brother to Cancer Inspired an Album: My Story. Pt 1 ~ Monkey Bars.

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Ben Lawrence

Ben Lawrence

I’m Ben, a songwriter and filmmaker from Norwich, UK. I’m currently on a journey to record an album of songs written after losing my brother to cancer.

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